Hi all! I wanted to post an update... sort of. It's been a little bit difficult for me to bring myself to come here again with all the disappointments I've been experiencing since making the decision to heal from PPD. I haven't really known what to say.
I posted here about 1-2 months ago(??) and so many nice mamas offered me cyber-hugs! (Thread is farther down the page.) I have lived in a whirlwind since then! I haven't really known what to say about how things are going... But the good news is that I recently started taking the SJW and am beginning to feel the depression lifting. It's not gone by any means, but I definitely feel it shifting. I also decided that since I'm halting the pumping for now, I am taking the opportunity to chelate. I have been doing that for about 2-3 weeks and am starting to feel better on that front as well.
Since I realized about the PPD, I got the flu, then sinus infection, bronchitis, and double ear infections - all at the same time. I was really sick for about 5 weeks. In large part because my first doc gave ineffective antibiotics and I turned much worse. *Three* rounds of antibiotics and *two* rounds of steroids later, I'm somewhat less sick and way more tired!!
It's been 2 years of non-stop crisis, with the past 2 months being a fury of problems. DH asked me the other day if I kicked a leprochaun!
Further ranting about the past 2 weeks (not a complete list! LOL):
My car died, we bought a new one and have to take the slimeball dealer to court.
We have 7 apts, and 4 of them didn't pay rent for Dec or Jan!! Lots of financial stress!
On the coldest day this winter, the furnace in our briefly vacant apt blew and we had to replace it. The pipes froze hours after the heat went out, of course, and flooded everything. $4000!!!
I've had to all out fight with housing authority about getting new renter's amount updated.
Lost 3 potential buyers for our property on the market just due to realtor ineptitude (thankfully not ours)!! I'm waiting on that money to be able to solve *a lot* of the situations that are making life so hard right now. Bummer.
Anyhoo, just wanted to check in with all you kind souls who gave good advice and let me cry on your shoulders. A big THANK YOU!! I wish I had a better update, but this is where I'm at right now. I'll try to hangout here a little more and keep in touch!
I posted here about 1-2 months ago(??) and so many nice mamas offered me cyber-hugs! (Thread is farther down the page.) I have lived in a whirlwind since then! I haven't really known what to say about how things are going... But the good news is that I recently started taking the SJW and am beginning to feel the depression lifting. It's not gone by any means, but I definitely feel it shifting. I also decided that since I'm halting the pumping for now, I am taking the opportunity to chelate. I have been doing that for about 2-3 weeks and am starting to feel better on that front as well.
Since I realized about the PPD, I got the flu, then sinus infection, bronchitis, and double ear infections - all at the same time. I was really sick for about 5 weeks. In large part because my first doc gave ineffective antibiotics and I turned much worse. *Three* rounds of antibiotics and *two* rounds of steroids later, I'm somewhat less sick and way more tired!!
It's been 2 years of non-stop crisis, with the past 2 months being a fury of problems. DH asked me the other day if I kicked a leprochaun!
Further ranting about the past 2 weeks (not a complete list! LOL):
My car died, we bought a new one and have to take the slimeball dealer to court.
We have 7 apts, and 4 of them didn't pay rent for Dec or Jan!! Lots of financial stress!
On the coldest day this winter, the furnace in our briefly vacant apt blew and we had to replace it. The pipes froze hours after the heat went out, of course, and flooded everything. $4000!!!
I've had to all out fight with housing authority about getting new renter's amount updated.
Lost 3 potential buyers for our property on the market just due to realtor ineptitude (thankfully not ours)!! I'm waiting on that money to be able to solve *a lot* of the situations that are making life so hard right now. Bummer.
Anyhoo, just wanted to check in with all you kind souls who gave good advice and let me cry on your shoulders. A big THANK YOU!! I wish I had a better update, but this is where I'm at right now. I'll try to hangout here a little more and keep in touch!
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